Manifolding device.



UNITED STATES rATEivT Ormea.'

AXEL C. V. HALE, l01E' DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOB T0 THE EGBY REGISTER (20mm, 0F

` l lIDAY'IKJN, OHIO, A GOIBLWEA'IION` 0F OHIO..

To all whom it ma concern Be it known t at I, AXEL C, V. MALM a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and 5 State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Manifolding Devices, of which the following is a speciication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to manifolding devices and more particularly to that type of manifolding devices known as autographic registers. In autographic registers of this kind `the paper is fed over the writing table by various kinds of' feeding. devices, the problem being always to feed the Aseveral webs of paper equal distances on each operation of the feedin mechanism and vto maintain the several we s of paper in exact superimposed relation during the feeding and severing operation, in order that the printed forms on the several webs may be in exact alinement. I n order .to accurately retain the webs in proper superimposed relation it 25 has been proposed to provide a feeding device comprising a rotary member extendlng across the front of the machine beneath the writing table and 'having two circumferential series of'pins, which pins are adapted to enter openings arranged lengthwise of advancing Fthe webs;l simultaneously and to exactly the same extent. 'Much difficulty 'a lsimple and economical organization of partswhereby writin material can be .smoothly and evenly a vanced without disf placement-or disarrangement and then propoexly severedl In addltion to the above ob Specification et Letter: Patent.

Application led June 1, 1915. Serial 1%. $1,817.

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the webs along the lateral edges thereof, thus 9, are drawn from rolls mounted upon shafts .a closure ,12 which is preferably hinged? Patented' Nov. 13, i917.

ject it is also contemplated to provide"V a y device whereb the writing material is advanced equal istances at each operation and also to provlde an arrangement whereby the amount of writing material. advanced at each o eration can be varied.'

In t e accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view o an autographlc register embodying my invention with the ends' broken away; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal, sec tional view vof such a register, showin the gearing for the feeding mechanism;

i 3 f, 1s a longitudinal, sectional view of the ori' ward portion of such a register showing thef holding devlce in its normal or inoperative position; Fi 4 is a. vie'w similar to Fig. 3

showing the olding deviceV in its operative position; and Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view 4takenvthrough the holding device and feedingl mechanism. e i 70 In t ese drawings I have illustrated one embodiment of my invention y and have shown the same as comprising a frame consisting of side members 1 and 2 connected one to the other at theirlower edges by means ofa base 3 and at their upper edges by means of tie rods 4 and 5 and also connected h means of end plates or closures 6 us providing a very rigid frame. Mounted on the upper part of this frame near the forwardnd thereof is a aper support 8, over whichis drawn a p urality of webs of paper. between which may be interposed transfer material, such as carbon paper.4 V.These webs of paper, as shown at 10 the ends ofwhich are -mounted in the I si le members 1 and 2` of the frame. '4 The l manner yof caqrrying the webs across the paper support and of interleafng. the 4carbon sheets between the same is well lmown and need not be yhere described in detail. The i upper portion of the frame is provided with as rovided' withH-ugs 13 mounted` on t tie par atthe re'at end of cthe'machin. In this type of the machine the aper su" porti,8 constitutes a writin tab e and e thereto and, inthe resent instance, is show? cover 12 is cut away above-t e'writingl table 100 19 is secured thereto by will remain in 'mesh with the 8 to expose a portion of the uppermost web which rests upon the table, to enable said web to be written upon.

A suitable feeding device is provided for "drawing the web simultaneously from the several rolls and moving the same across the writing table or support 8. In the present machine this operation-is accomplished by means'of a rota-ry feeding devicecomprising a' shaftvlfl journaled in the side members 1 and 2 ing mounted thereon near side members two disk like each of which is provided with ential series of teeth 16 which are adapted to enter openings formed along the respective edges of the webs of paper, as shown in the drawings. Movement may be imparted to thisrotary feeding device in any desired manner but it is preferable that the feeding device should be moved, upon each operation, a distance sufficient to advance the webs of paper a distance equal to the length of one bill. I have, therefore, provided the shaft 14 with a gear 17 which is connected by means of an intermediate gear 18 with a gear 19 mounted lon a shaft 20 journaled in the side member 1 of the main frame and the respective members 15, a circunferhaving secured to its outer end a handle' 21. The ratiopofthe gearing 17, 18 and. 19 is such that one revolution of the handlel 21 will advance the webs the desired distance. Inasmuch as the length of the checks or bills vary and it is sometimes desired to change the machine for the use of a different size bill I have provided for changing the ratio of theV gearing to cause different movements to be imparted to the rotary feeding device. In the present instance I have made the gear 19 removable so that gears having different numbers of teeth may be substituted therefor. In the present construction a'vdfisk 22, which also constitutes a cam, as will be hereinafter described, is rigidly secured to the shaft 20 and the 'gear means of screws 23 which are readily'removable to permit the removal o-f'the gear. The 1'-'ariation in the diameter lof the gear 19 makes it necessary to vary the position of the intermediate gear 18 in order that it may mesh both with the gear-'19 and with the gear 17. I have, therefore, mounted the gear 18 upon a swinging support 24 mounted for movement about the axis of the gear 17. In the present instance this support is in the form of. a plate which is mounted on the shaft 14 between the disk-like member of the feeding By thus swinging the gea-r 18 .about the axis of the gear 17 1t will be apparent that it gea'r 17 but may be placed at 'different distances from the axis of thegear 19.A In order to retain of the main frame and havi the forward portion of the l serving to connect the forward ends of those the intermediate gear in adjusted positions have provided the plate with a plurality of openings 25 which 1re here shown as arranged in three series", each series being concentric to the axis of the gear. The side frame member 1 is provided with a series of openings 26 so arranged with relation to the pla-te 24 that some one of the openings 25 will register with one of the openings 26 when the intermediate gear is in any one of its adjusted positions, thus enabling the plate 24 to be secured in this adjusted position by means of a screw 27 extending through the side member of the frame and into the opening in the plate 24. In this manner the ratio of the gearing can be readily adjusted to vary the throw of the feeding mechanism to feed checks or bills ofI various lengths, say from three and a half to eleven inches, and that this change can be made without sending the machine to th-e factory and by unskilled workmen, it being only necessary to remove the one gear, substitute ifanother therefor and make the proper adjustment of the intermediate gear. f

After the written bill has been fed from the machine it is customary to sever the same by a tearing operation, a sutiable tearing edge being provided on the forward edge of the machine to sever-the paper. Some means must be provided for holding the several webs of paper against displacement durin this tearing operation, otherwise the pull on the paper which is being torn would displace the webs both relatively to the feeding device and relatively one to the other. It is desirable that this holding device should. require no unnecessary attention on the part of the operator. In the present instance I have provided a holding device which is normally'in such 'a position as 'to permit the free passage of the paper and which coperates with the pins of the feeding device to prevent the rearward movement or relative displacement of the webs under normal conditions and which is actuated by the tearing operation to cause it to clamp` the paper against the writing table or paper support and hold the same firmly during the tearing operation, thus preventing any strain upon the perforated portions of the webs. As here shown this holding device is \mou nted transversely of the paper support at the forward end of the machineand is capable of rocking movement about a longitudinal' axis. Itis arranged above the forward portion of the writing table a distance webs of paper. This device is here-shown asl a bar 28 pivotally mounted in `bearings 29 on cover 12, the bar suflcient to per- Y. mlt the free movement of the superimposed" portions of. the cover lying on opposite sides of the bar lying -in front of its axis is preferl 'ng in the. rear o of the portion of the writing table and to form theforward wall of the open` in the cover. By mounting the paper ingl device u on the cover' in'this man- 6 ner I not only e immate unnecessary metal and simplify the construction ofthe device'y but I am enabled tomaterially shorten the space between the exposed portion of the Y writing table and' the point at which the 10 support by theV raisingof the cover to perpm1taccess to the interior of the machine, whereas if mounted u n the side members of the frame it must separately released to remove the aper-support 8. `The forward portion o the bar 28 constitutes a cutting edge along which the webs are torn or severed and this edge is for thispurpose` preferably beveled, as shown. That portion ably greater in wei ht thanthat ortion the axis so t at lthe orward edge of the bar will rest normally upon the webs of aper but the 4weight thereo will not be su cient to ap recia ly resist the .feedingoperatiom and ecause of the arrangement ofthe .axis'ofthe bar the latter will be slightly tilted so asl to lift the rear web of paper.

f severing the same, as shown in Fig. 4, the holding bar will be rocked about its axis.

and the reared thereof moved into engagement with t e vup same and the writing tab e, thus eiectually holding the webs against a'll displacement andrelieving the Vapertured portions thereof,

ment, from all strain. As soon as the'sever'- ing operation has been cmpleted the weight of theforward portion of the bar again moves the same into its inoperative position and it is ready for another feedin operation. In the lpresent instance .I ave Vshown the rear ortion of the-bar as ythe amount .of metal and enable the proper distribution of the weight on the two sides of the axis `without placing the axis greatly oil center.' This arrangement', however, is optional and the device will operate-'in a :satisfactory manner with a continuous edge 'along-therearLportion thereof. The holding l` bar 28 also serves to retain the webs of paper cover it willl be move' away from the paper.

and 'movedaout of the way .when it is desired e portion thereof out of engagement with theV The clearance between the rear edge of the bar and the u permost web rmost web of paperr and caused t clamp t e aper between the with which the feeding pins are in engage-- ar-Vv tially cut away etween its ends to re nce. y f

in en agement with the feed ins 16. To thigs end the lower surface olfnhepbar extends below the upper ends of the pins and is grooved, as shown at 30, to receive the pins and permit the rotation of the feeding evlce. The grooves 30 are `narrow so that the bar engages the uppermost web of aper on the opposite sides of and close to t e respective series of `pins and in this manner prevents the uppermost web from being ele-V permit the esca e of the vated suiicient yl to pin. In order to re ease each pin om the aper after that pin has accomplished its eedingfunction it is necessary to provide I a stripping device of some sort. This ,I accomplish y' extendin the aper support forward to the end of t e hol lng bar 28 and providing the same with longitudinal slots 31 Vto permit the'` assage o f the pins o f the feed. heseslots are narrow and the ing device. paper support, on the opposite sides of the slots,l hol ward movement with the pinsafter the latter have accomplished their feeding function, and thus causes the ipins to be withdrawn from their openings. e

The paper `feeding devices arefheld against rearwardmovement `at any point in the operation thereofby means of a spring-pressed dog 32 engagilgI toothed disk 33 secured to the shaft 14. en the disk 33 is rotated by means of the shaft lt counter clockwise the teeth thereof will engage one side of the dog and raise the salme out of engagement therewith The teeth'and dog, however, are soarranged as to` revent movement of the shaft 141with its disk 33 clockwise. Because of the short distance between the uppermost pins'on the feeding device and the orward edge of the holding bar it is desirable that the feeding device should be Vvery iirmly held against rearward movement at the end of the feeding o eration as a very slight movement thereol) might so far withdraw the pinsi from their openings as to permit s the webs of paper against down-` the paper'to be displaced. -I have, therefore, rovided a supplemental locking device w ich is operatlve only when the yfeeding device is in its normal or'idle position. As has 'beennoted the plate 22which carries the gear 19 is in the form of acam-and this cam coperates with a 'spring-"pressed in 34 mounted on the side frame member 1.

he arrangement issuch that at 'the end of the feeding operation the pin 34 will engage' the Shoulder of the cam and thus positively lock thesame against rearward movement.l

The feeding device is automatically stopped at the' end of each feeding operation by means of c operating pins 35 and 36 carried by the .side frame memberJ 1 and the handle 21, respectively, fthe t:Ein 36be1ng yieldable to permit it'to bewr f drawn, by manipulaty paper but at theinstant to hold the paper, that ing the handle in a well known manner, when it is vdesired to again operate the feeding device. Thus at the end of each feed'- ing operation the feeding mechanism is positively locked against accidental movement in either direction.

I have also provided guards to prevent the paper on the'forward roll from coming in contact with the pins of the feeding device should this paper become slack on the roll. These guards comprise curved plates 37 and 38 secured to the respective side members of the frame and curved about the toothed portions? off the feeding device. They may besecured to the side members of the frame in any suitable manner. In the present instance I have.,cast the guard 38 integral with the side member 2 but 'the guard-37 is formed separate from its side member and has that edge adjacent to the frame member cut away to form a slot to receive the intermediate gear 18.

The operation of the device will be readily understood from thel foregoingdescription and it will be apparent that after theiwebs of paper have been properly threaded through the machine and the carbon sheets interleafed between the same the bill is written and the handle 21 operated to feed the written `portion of the same out of the machine in a well known manner. Before and during this feeding operation the webs of paperare held in engagement with the pins of the feeding device by the grooved holder bar and are strippedkfrom these pins by the forwardly extending portion of the writing table or paper support. At Ythe end of the feeding operation the vpaper is torn across the edge of the bar 28 and this tearin operation actuates the bar to clamp the we of paper Aagainst thepaper support and firmly hold th i e mechanism is of character both in its o eration and is readil an exceedingly simple only does this simplicity ing the production, but the resulting machine is of such a character that there 'are very few parts to become disarranged in such a manner as to interfere Awith or prevent thev roper operation of the machme Further, 1t will be noted that the aper holding device is yof Such a character t at it offers no resistance to it becomes sirable is, at the beginning of the tearin operation, 1t firmly grips the paper and e ectually prevents itsy displacement. A

While I have shown and ldescribed one embodiment of my invention it 'will be understood that this has purposes of illustrationonly, and that I do e same against displacement.v

construction and in its modified to adapt,

v t e saine to bills of di erent lengths. Not

result in cheapen` the feeding1 of thechosen for the Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as Vnew and desire. to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the character described, a support for writing material, lnarrow longitudlnally extending slots in said support spaced inwardly from the sides thereof, a feeding device arranged below said support, said feedin device having pins thereon projecting a ove said slots and support, and means above said support for severing the writing material and holding the same in engagement with said pins and against the support.

2.` In a device of the character described, a support for writing material, narrow longitudinally extending slots in said support, a feedin device arranged below said support, sai feeding device having pins thereon projecting above said slots and support, said support having a part arranged between said pins and extending forwardly thereof to Striu the writing material from said pins, and means above said support and adjacent thereto for severing said writing material and holding thesam'e in engagement with said pins and against the support. i

3. In a device of the character described, a support for writing material, narrow longitudinally extending slots in said support, spaced inwardly from the sides thereof, a feedin device arranged below said support, said ceding device having-pins thereon projecting above said slot-s and support, 'a

writing material and holding the same in engagement with said pins and against the support, said severing means Aconstituting the forward boundary of said openin 4. In a device of the character described,

a support for a web of paper, a feeding de,

vice arranged beneath said support, a series of, pinson -said feeding device 'extending above said support toengage said web of paper, Vand meanspivoted above said supvport and having awcutting edge, said last being arranged to keep' mentioned means said web in engagement with said ins during the operation of the feeding device.

5. AIn a device of the character described,

va support for a web of paper, a feeding device arranged beneath said support, a series device extending of pins on saidV feeding through said su portto engage the web of paper, a cover a opening therein,

orward edge-of said cover and constituting ove said support having an amember pivoted at them.. i i

a@ forward tonadaof aia paling-aid member being located above said support and feeding device and arranged to eep said web o paper in engagement with said pins and a evice. l

`6. In a device of the c racter described,

a sup ort for a web of paper,a feeding de-y neath said support and extending v -cover having an opening at its forward end,

a member having a cutting edge arranged at the forward edge of said cover and constituting the forward boundary` of. said opening, and said member being located adjacent said pins to keep said web of paper in engagement therewithand against said ,sup.

port. l

, s. -11'1 a device of the'chmaef described,

L a support `for aweb of paper, a feeding `device arranged beneath said support, a series of pins on said `feeding device extending through said support to engage the web of paper, a member' having a cutting edge pivoted above said support at the forward end thereof, `said member being located above and vadjacent to said series of ins, and means on said member to keep said web in engagement with said pins an Supportrt, and means.-

inst said support during theV operation o" said feedin and'against said sup-` y A circumferential series of pins, means for rotating said shaft, a paper support carried by said frame havin its forward end extendlng beyond sai shaft-4 and4 provided with longitudinal slots to permit the pas' sage of the respective series'of pins, said pins extending above the upper surface of saidl support when they are in their uppermostpositions, and 'a paper holding bar arranged above `said support on anaxis subrstantiall parallel with said shaft and arranged tween' the front and rear edge of said bar, said'bar having in its'lower surfacegrooves to receive the lends of said pins as said shaft is rotated.`

y11. VIn a device of the character described, a frame comprisin journaled in the si' e members of said frame and having near the respective side members disk-like memberseach provided with a circumferential series of pins, means for rotating said shaft, a paper support carri said frame, having its forward end exten ing beyond said shaft and provided with longitudinal slots to permit the passage of the respective series of pins, said pins being side members, a shaft I fis edbf

arranged to extend above the upper surface of said support whenv they are in their' uppermost positions, a Acover Izhinged to said frame and having an opening to expose a against said` 9. In a device of the characterde'scribed,

the combination, with a support over which a web of paper may be drawn, a `rotary feed-A ing device arranged beneath said support and having a circumferential series of pins projecting above the plane of said sup ort and entering o enings in the lateral edges of said web o paper, of a paper .holdin device compris'ng a bar pivotally moun on an axis extending across said support and located between the `front and rear edges of said bar, saidbar being located above said series of pins and having grooves A to receive the pins of the respective series,

and means to. retain said bar inengagement with the paper `while the feeding device is rotating.

10. In a device of the character described, a framecomprisin journaled in the "si e members of said frame and --havin near'the ective side members disk-l e members eac provided with a side members, a shaft part of said paper support, a paper holding bar pivotally mounte on the forward portion of said cover on an axis extending substantially parallel with said shaft and arranged between the front and rear ed es of f said bar, said bar having its forwa ,A ed arranged close to the forwardedg'e of said paper support and having arranged in the rear of t of each series, said bar havingl grooves 1n its lower surface .to receive the ends of said uppermost ins. Q

12. In a evice ofthe character described,

i a support over which a web of paper may be drawn, a feeding device comprism separated disk-like members rotatable a ut a` common axis and each having a circumferential series of pins, said.' ins being arranged to extend above sai sup ort when in their uppermost positions an to enter o enings arranged in the respective lateral e ges of said web of paper, the forward edge of said support being arran ed beyond the uppermost osition of sai pins and" its rear portion e uppermost pin said support having' slots to `receive said pinsl and a paper holding bar arrange abovie ,the forward portion of said support and mounted for movement about an axis extendin transversely of said support and' e between the' front and rear edges 2 arra of said bar, the forward edge of said bar constltuting a paper cutter.

1 3` In a device of Yhe character a paper support over which a web of paper' sup ort in adjusted positions whereb A of fb may be drawn,

\ lateral edges of a rotary feeding device having two circumferential yseries of Iteeth arranged near the respective sides of said paper lsupport and projecting above' the same to enter openings formed along the said web of paper, means to hold the paper on said support in engagement with said pins, said-rotary feeding device comprising a gear secured thereto on an axis coincident with the axis thereof, a removable driving gear, means for rotating the same, an intermediate gear to connect said driving gear with said first-mentioned gear, a support for said intermediate gear movable about the axis of the first-mentioned gear, and means for securing said gears iferent sizes may be substituted r said l driving gear and connected with the rstl said paper support and openings in said plate when said plateis in Y thereof, and

-said plate mentioned gear by said intermediate gear.

V14. In a device of the character described, a frame comprising side members, a paper support, over which a web of paper ma be moved, carried by said frame, a rotary eeding device having two circumferential series of pins arranged near the respective sides o f projecting above the same to enter apertures formed along the lateral edges yof said web of paper, said feeding device comprising a shaft journaled in the sidemembers of said frame, a gea-r rigidly secured to said shaft, a driving gear mounted on one of the side members of said gear to connect saidy frame, an intermediate driving gear with the gear on said shaft, a upporting plate pivotally mounted on sai gear, said plate having applurality of openings arrangd therein concentrically with the axis thereof, and openings in said frame member adapted to register with different different positions and to receive a fastening device to hold said plate against movement.

15. In a device of the-character descri'bed, a frame comprising side members, and a paper feeding device comprising a ishaft lournaled in said side members, a gear rigidly securedto said shaft, a driving -gear mounted on one ofthe side members of said frame, `an actuating device for said drivi gear, an intermediate gear toconnect -sai driving gear with the gear on said shaft, a. supporting plate -pivotally mounted on said s aft and carrying said intermediate gear,

having a plurality of o enin arranged therein concentricfwith t e axis openings in said frame member adapted to register with different o enings inv said plate when said plate is in dlijerent positions and to receive a fastening device to hold said plate against movement.'

shaft and carrying saidi intermediate ward movement 'of said feeding device at,

any point during the feeding operation, and

a lock to positively lock said feeding device I against rearward movement at the end of said feeding operation.

17. In a device of the character described, a paper support over which a web of paper may be moved, a rotary paper feeding device arranged beneath. said paper. and having two circumferential series of teeth arranged to projectabove said support and enter apertures formed along the lateral edges of said web of paper, said support having slots to permit the passage of said pins, a device arranged above said support to hold said web of paper in a position to be engaged by said pins," a detent to prevent rearward movement of said feeding device at any point during the feeding operation, a lockto positively lock said feeding device against rearward movement at the end of said feeding operation, an actuating device for said feeding mechanism, and a sto to prevent the further movement of said actuating device at the end of a single feedin movement 18. n a device of the character described, a support over which a web of paper may be drawn, a rotary feeding device arranged beneath said support and havin means to engage said web of paper to eed the vsameV means to prevent rearward movement of said feeding device at any point during the feeding operation thereof, a lock t0 positively lock said feeding device against rearward movement at the end of said feeding operation, 'and means to reventi further `forward movement of said eediig device at the end lof said feeding operation.

19. In a device of the character. described, asupport over which a web of paper may be drawn, a rotary feeding device arranged beneath said support and having means to support Y engage said web of paper to feed the same,

means to prevent rearward movement of said feeding device during the operation, and a lock to positively lock said feeding device againstrearward movement at the end of *A said feedin operation. y. l 20. In a evice of the characterdescribed, a' support over which a web of paper may be i 'Zi oirawn, a rotary feeding device arranged berearward movement at the end of said feedfneath said support and having means to ingxloperation. l y 1J engage said web lof paper to feed thesame testimony whereof, I aix my signameans to prevent rearward movement, of ture in presence of two witnesses.

5 said feeding device at'any point during the AXEL C. V. MALM. y

,feeding operation, and a lock oomprismg a Witnesses: l cam havin a stop, and a yielding pin to Minion' Sm,

positively ook said feeding device against: HUBERT AS, Esmnoox. 

